Jeremy Hill, shown in action last season vs. Arkansas, had 12 TDs, most for an LSU freshman since 1982. / Beth Hall, USA TODAY Sports

by Glenn Guilbeau, USA TODAY Sports

by Glenn Guilbeau, USA TODAY Sports

LSU running back Jeremy Hill, the team's leading rusher in 2012, has been suspended from the team indefinitely.

Coach Les Miles announced the move Monday in a news release issued by the school.

Hill, 20, was arrested early Saturday by Baton Rouge police and jailed on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery after an incident at a bar near the LSU campus. He was released on $500 bond later that day.

The school news release said Miles would "let this incident play out through the legal system before making any additional comments."

Hill's legal issues are not limited to his latest arrest. Whether or not he has violated his probation from a January 2011, arrest for carnal knowledge of a juvenile at Redemptorist High in Baton Rouge remains unclear. Generally, to violate probation, a person must be arrested and convicted, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said.

Details of Hill's probation are not known. Hill's attorney, Marci Blaize of Baton Rouge, did not return a call Monday night.

That arrest delayed Hill from joining the LSU program until January 2012. His last season of high school ball was in 2010.

He quickly became LSU's starting tailback last season and ended up leading the team in rushing with 755 yards on 142 carries. His 12 touchdowns were the most by an LSU freshman since Dalton Hilliard had 11 in 1982.

Details of the case were released in a complete police report Monday afternoon.

Hill allegedly punched 20-year-old Connor Baldridge of Baton Rouge from behind in the side of the head outside Reggie's bar in the Tigerland area near LSU, according to Baton Rouge Police.

A "clear video," according to investigating officer Clifford Crouch, from a witness' cellular phone shows another man, who was still at large as of Monday night, punching Baldridge after Hill's initial blow knocked Baldridge to the ground.

"You then see Hill and the unknown suspect giving each other high fives and flaunting in front of Baldridge," the report says.

Baldridge told police he was struck two or three times in the head, and the next thing he remembers was "waking up on the ground."

Crouch wrote in the report that he noticed "a sway while Baldridge stood and a lump on the back of his head." Crouch then told Baldridge to get a ride to a hospital after Baldridge declined an ambulance.

The report says the video starts with Baldridge getting up and walking away from the two suspects.

"We do not know how he got on the ground to begin with," Baton Rouge Police Lt. spokesman Don Kelly said Monday.

"Hill and the unknown suspect approach from the rear," the report continues. "Hill first punches Baldridge behind the left ear. Baldridge staggers and is punched again by the unknown suspect. Baldridge falls to the ground. This is when Baldridge stated he became unconscious."

Crouch then contacted a Major Assaults detective, "who advised he was not coming out for this incident," the report says.

After Crouch informed LSU that a football player was involved in a fight, the LSU Police Department helped Crouch find Hill at West Campus Apartments residence at about 3:50 a.m. Saturday, Hill was advised of his rights, handcuffed, arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. He was released on $500 bond at about 11 a.m.

During questioning, Hill said he was in Tigerland but said "No," when asked if he was in a fight there. Crouch told Hill he had video of Hill striking Baldridge, and Hill said he never hit Baldridge. After Crouch showed the video to Hill, "he still denied striking Baldridge," the report says. When asked by Crouch who the other male was who struck Baldridge, Hill said, "I don't know."

The police report includes an offense report of the more serious second degree battery charge, which is a felony, for the unknown suspect on the next page after the misdemeanor simple battery report on Hill.

"If he (Baldridge) was unconscious, it was done by the second person, not Jeremy Hill," Kelly said.

Kelly also said the only person police have saying that Baldridge was unconscious is Baldridge.